John klee



J. KLEE.

FABRIC FOR WALL DECORATION.

imens (Spec NO. 324,941. Patented Aug. 25, 1885.

1 A A A 1 I WITNESSES ATTORNEYS per or other suitable material, an intern'iediatc STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN KLEE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FABRIC FOR WALL-DECORATION.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 324,941, dated August 25, 1885. Application filed November 21, 1884. (Specimens) To all whom it in y concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN KLEE, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inWall- Decorations, of which the fication.

The object of this invention is to furnish an improved wall-decoration that is finished in the shop and then applied to the wall at the point of use; and the invention consists of a WillldGfOliLblOll composed of a backing of patextile fabric, and a molded face layer of plas' ler-of-paris, or of other suitable material.

Theinvention consists, secondly,ofamethod i of making wall-decorations by running plasterof-paris or other suitable plastic material into a mold, placing a backing covered with atextile fabric over the same, removing the surplus of plastic material by pressure, and taking the waltdecoration out of the mold when the plastic material has properly set. V

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 reprcsents'a front elevation, and Fig. 2 ahori zontal section on line :1: ac, Fig. 1, of my improved wall-decoration.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings ,'-A represents a following is a specibacking of paper, pasteboard, or other suitable material, by preference asbestus-paper, as

thisis lessliable to be affected bythe moisture layer, B,-of textile fabric, preferably of the walls; The backing A is covered by a} widelymeshed canvas, and covered by a face layer, 0, of plaster-of-paris mixed with dextrine or other gum, or of any othcr suitable plastic composition.

In making my wall-decorations a mold' with the required design is first prepared and the plastic material run into the same in liquid state. The backing covered by the textile fabric is then placed over the plastic mass in the mold and pressed gently thereon, so as to remove the surplus of plastic material. The mass is then allowed to set in the mold and is removed with the backing. The waltdccoration is applied to the wall by any suitable cement used by stucco-workers, the joints being also filled with vcemcnt so as to obtain a continuous and ornamental wall'covering.

Wall-decorations can thus be made in any design and color, prepared in the shop, and

then put up on the walls at the point of use.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure b A wall-covering composed of a backing of paper or other suitable fabric, an intermediate textile fabric, and a layer of plaster-of-pa'ris or other suitable plastic material, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in pres ence of two subscribing witnesses.

Witnesses:

PAUL GoEr-EL, SIDNE MANN.-

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